Implementing a methodology (whether Lean, Six Sigma, Agile…or anything else) will not be sufficient – it can only deliver limited improvements which will likely be unsustainable. The real need is to study, understand and change the management system.

Technology is not a silver bullet. Merely implementing the next shiny new thing will lead to higher costs and more complexity. Information technology, whilst potentially useful, is not the place to start.

That’s not an experiment! The way to learn is to constantly experiment towards a clear purpose. However, it’s not an experiment if your mind is already made up and you are merely looking to justify yourself.

Peter Checkland’s ‘Problematic situations’: Do you find yourself in conversations every day, stating your opinions? So, where do these opinions comes from? And are they what you would think if you knew some more?

Are you tasked with, or attempting, or perhaps involved in ‘Transformation’? (or maybe you are feeling its effects). If so, at what level? Or, put another way, how deep are you going?…and how might that work out for you?